Cats

Summary of the musical Cats :

Based on TS Eliot's collection of poems, the musical brings together the cats of the "Jellicle" tribe. Each year they get together to choose the cat who, among them, will ascend to paradise (the Heavyside Layer) in order to be reborn. 
In turn we meet all the cats of the tribe: Demeter, Victoria, Rum Tum Tugger, Jennyanydots, Mr. Mistoffelees, etc. All want to be chosen to be reborn and argue by dancing and singing. But at the end of the evening, the decision will be up to Old Deuteronomy. The chief of the tribe decides to give new life to Grizabella, a former glamorous cat and put aside from the tribe

The musical Cats is an international phenomenon. His legendary choreographies have been appreciated around the world.

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General information
  • Style : Animal, Classical, Dance, Rock, Tragedy
  • Theme : Rivalry, Love, Power
  • year of creation : 1981
Music
  • Composer :Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • Lyricist : TS Eliot
  • Librettist :
  • famous songs : "Memory", "Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats" "Ball" "Macavity" "The Rum Rum Tugger"
  • Famous performers : Elaine Paige, Betty Buckley, Susan Jane Tanner, Bonnie Langford, Ken Page, Zizi Strallen, Nicole Scherzinger, Francesca Hayward, James Corden, Taylor Swift, Emmanuelle N'Zuzi, Golan Yosef, Vanessa Cailhol, Prisca Demarez.
kinships
  • Inspired by another work : Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by TS Eliot (1939)
  • Exists in film : A film recording of the musical was released on DVD in 1998. In 2019, a new film directed by Tom Hooper was released in theaters. And while it features the greatest actors and dancers of our generation, it's considered one of the worst films of all time....
Awards
  • Appointments and Awards : The musical was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won 7. It also won 2 Olivier Awards.
  • Number of years on display : 21
  • Number of performances : 8949
  • anecdotes : On Broadway, the musical ran for 17 years, making it the 6th longest-running musical on Broadway, and in London, it ran for 21 years, making it the 2nd longest-running musical. longest running in the West End.
Currently on stage